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Old Fortunatian "I" "thou" (Nominative, Genitive, Accusative) Sg. N mu' tu' [mu: tu:] G mi' ti' [mi: ti:] A me' te' [me: te:] "we" "you" Pl. N no's bo's [no:S bo:S] G no'st(e)r bo'st(e)r [no:St(e)r bo:St(e)r] A no's bo's [no:S bo:S] Classical Fortunatian "I" "thou" Sg. N mu tu [mu tu] G mi ti [mi ti] A me te [me te] "we" "you" Pl. N nos bos [noS boS] G notr botr [not. bot.] A nos bos [noS boS] Old Fortunatian INDICATIVE There are singular and plural forms of the OF verb, which agree with the subject of the sentence. The singular ends in ?at, the plural in ? an (All regular verbs in OF are first declension in finite form). The present uses the verb stem (port-) to which the endings ?at, -an, are attached. Thus: mu portat, no:s portan `I, we carry' The other indicative forms use periphrastic constructions consisting of a supplementary verb followed by the infinitive. The supplementary verb is conjugated like a present, but the infinitive is the elided form of the Latin of perfect passive participle. Thus: porta:tum > porta:t du:ctum > du:ct gavi:sus (from gaudeo, `rejoice') > gabi:s Imperfect: serbat porta:t, serban porta:t Future: badat porta:t, badan porta:t Perfect: adit porta:t, adun porta:t NB: This is not adat, adan; also the [i] of adit is short (Classical Latin present), not long (CL perfect). `To approach' in OF is appropinquat, appropinquan Pluperfect: serbat adit porta:t, serban adun porta:t Future Perfect: badat adit porta:t, badan adun porta:t SUBJUNCTIVE The OF subjunctive is used for indirect speech. It follows a similar pattern to the indicative. All forms using /a/ change to /e/, while adit and adun become adat and adan. mu porten, no:s porten `I, we carry' Imperfect: serbet porta:t, serben porta:t Future: badet porta:t, baden porta:t Perfect: adat porta:t, adan porta:t Pluperfect: serbet adat porta:t, serben adan porta:t Future Perfect: badet adat porta:t, baden adan porta:t IMPERATIVE The singular imperative is the verb stem plus /a/ [a:]. The plural imperative is the verb stem plus /at/ [a:t], often identical to the infinitive. Thus: porta, portat `carry!' (infinitve: portat) duca, ducat `lead!' (infinitive: duct) goda, godat `rejoice!' (infinitive: gabis) Classical Fortunatian INDICATIVE There are singular and plural forms of the OF verb, which agree with the subject of the sentence. The singular ends in ?at, the plural in ? an (All verbs in OF are first declension in finite form. The present uses the verb stem (port-) to which the endings ?at, -an, are attached. Thus: mu pon, nos pon `I, we carry' [mu f@n, noS f@n] Imperfect: sort portat, sorn portat [S@rt f@hidden.email, S@rn f@hidden.email] Future: bat portat, ban portat [bar f@hidden.email, ban f@hidden.email] Perfect: ot portat, on portat [@t f@hidden.email, @n f@hidden.email] Pluperfect: sortot portat, sornon porta:t [S@rt@t f@hidden.email, S@rt@n f@hidden.email] Future Perfect: battot portat, bannon portat [batt@t f@hidden.email, bann@n f@hidden.email] SUBJUNCTIVE The OF subjunctive merged with the indicative in CF. IMPERATIVE The singular imperative is the verb stem. The plural imperative is the verb stem plus /at/, often identical to the infinitive. Thus: potr, potrat `carry!' (infinitve: potrat) [f@t., f@hidden.email, f@hidden.email] duc, ducat `lead!' (infinitive: duct) [duk, dukat, dukt] gaud, gaudat `rejoice!' (infinitive: gabis) [dZod, dZodat, dZabiS]